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Effects of okadaic acid and intracellular Cl- on Na(+)-K(+)-Cl- cotransport

A. A. Altamirano, G. E. Breitwieser and J. M. Russell
Department of Physiology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129, USA.

The Na(+)-K(+)-Cl- cotransporter of the squid giant axon requires ATP and is inhibited by intracellular Cl- (Cli-) in a concentration-dependent manner ([Cl-]i > or = 200 mM completely inhibits the cotransporter). In the present study we address the question of whether inhibition of cotransport by Cli- is due to a Cl(i-)-induced increase of protein phosphatase activity. Intracellular dialysis was used to apply the phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid (OKA) under conditions of [Cl-]i at 0, 150, or 300 mM during measurement of cotransporter-mediated unidirectional Cl- influx into axons. At 0 mM [Cl-]i, the application of 250 nM OKA had no effect on the cotransport-mediated Cl- influx when axons were dialyzed with the normal intracellular ATP concentration ([ATP]i = 4 mM). Reduction of [ATP] to 50 microM resulted in a significant decrease of the bumetanide-sensitive CL- influx, which could be partially reversed by OKA treatment. Similarly, in ATP-limited axons with [Cl-]i at 150 mM, cotransporter influx was partially stimulated by treatment with OKA. However, axons dialyzed with 300 mM [Cl-]i ([ATP]i = 50 microM) had no measurable cotransport influx, nor was subsequent treatment with OKA able to induce a cotransport-mediated Cl- influx. We conclude that the inhibition of cotransport caused by Cli- is not the result of an increase in the OKA-sensitive protein phosphatase activity.

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